Thirteen gold weights with bird motif · Ghana, Akan · ID: 3052847
Starting price
EUR 1,000
Estimated price
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf (a, i)Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (c)
Arcade Gallery, London, Great Britain (d,f)
Arts Afrique, Lomé, Togo (e, g)
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Glauerdt (k)
Gero Schmitz-Lehanne, Krefeld, Germany (1971-76) (a-m)
Description
copper alloy (bronze, brass),
a) bird on a square stepped pyramid, h: 3.2 cm
b) ornament with four birds, h: 5.0 cm
c) rooster, h: 3.8 cm
d) tree with seven birds, h: 3.3 cm Britain
e) bird trap, h: 4.2 cm
f) bird / dove, h: 3 cm
g) bird without legs, h: 5.1 cm
h) chicken with spiral ornament, h: 3.5 cm
i) bird (heron?), h: 2.8 cm
j) bird on a lucky knot, broken on one side, h: 5.4 cm
k) rooster on a square pyramid, h: 4.2 cm
l) bird on square base, h: 3 cm
m) bird, h: 3 cm